A Lancaster police officer was hit by a flying bottle of liquor after chasing a burglar last weekend.

The officer was one of several who responded to an alarm at ABC Spirits Liquor Store, located at 604 S. Market St., after 3:30 a.m. Sept. 10. Officers approached the store with their headlights off as they entered the parking lot, according to a police department incident report.

A Lancaster police officer was hit by a flying bottle of liquor after chasing a burglar last weekend.

The officer was one of several who responded to an alarm at ABC Spirits Liquor Store, located at 604 S. Market St., after 3:30 a.m. Sept. 10. Officers approached the store with their headlights off as they entered the parking lot, according to a police department incident report.

Jesef Williamsjwilliams@thelancasternews.com
Will plans to improve land for future student housing come at the expense of residents in other parts of the city?
Linda Blackmon-Brace thinks so, as she and other Lancaster City Council members discussed improvements to Brook Drive at their meeting Tuesday night.
Earlier this year, the city began considering sewer and road improvements along Brook Drive, where property owner Wayne McBride wants to build apartments to be exclusively used by University of South Carolina Lancaster students.

Christopher Sardellicsardelli@thelancasternews.com
What began as an exchange of drugs and a gun between three people Tuesday, later ended with bullets fired inside a home and the arrest of two Lancaster men.
Lancaster County sheriff’s deputies arrested Jonathan Randell Todd, 24, 6550 Shiloh Unity Road, and Scottie Bernard Hough, 43, 5908 Henderson Road, on Wednesday, and issued warrants for Raheem Hough, 18, 5908 Henderson Road, in connection with a botched drug deal, assault and home invasion, according to a sheriff’s office press release.

By Julie Graham
For The Lancaster News
Katie, who loves listening to music and watching her puppies play, has a system of tracks to get around her Lancaster home.
One lift takes her from her bed to the large handicap shower. Another makes a T-shape in her living room.
But Katie’s favorite by far is what her father, Terry, calls “Katie’s racetrack,” or the oval lift system that enables her to enjoy the outdoors from the family’s screened-in porch.

Reece Murphyrmurphy@thelancasternews.com
Presidential candidate and former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum made several appearances in Lancaster County Tuesday, fresh off Monday night’s CNN/Tea Party debate in Tampa, Fla.
Santorum’s visit to the county included several stops starting with a speech at the former Elrod car deadlership on the S.C. 9 bypass in Lancaster.

Christopher Sardellicsardelli@thelancasternews.com
A Lancaster man underwent surgery on his eye after an attack last month. Deputies are still searching for the culprit.
Lancaster County sheriff’s deputies were called to the Springs Memorial Hospital emergency room shortly after 1 a.m. Aug. 28 about an assault. There they spoke with a 51-year-old man who said he was assaulted while visiting with friends at a party, according to a sheriff’s office incident report.

Christopher Sardellicsardelli@thelancasternews.com
A 5-year-old girl escaped unharmed after someone shot at the car she was riding in last weekend.
Lancaster police officers rushed to the area of Miller and New Miller streets shortly after 1:30 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 11, about a report of shots fired in the area. Officers were told to be on the lookout for a man driving a green car and pointing a gun, according to a police department incident report.
Police did not find the shooter, but a deputy found the car in the city, the report said.